facebook connect in template

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Im trying to get facebook connect working in a custom template, DarkChrome. Its working on my default template, but does not appear on DarkChrome. Ive tried registering my variables using a plugin

i created a plugin, parse_templates and used this code
vB_Template:reRegister('navbar', array('facebook_header' => $facebook_header));

I also tried using the exact same code from header/header include (from the default template), in the darkchrome template but still nothing.

but to no avail. I really have no clue why this isnt working. Please any help, really desperate here.